Assandh is one of the 90 constituencies to go for polls for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. It falls in the Karnal district. Bakhshish Singh Virk is the current MLA of Assandh.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, BJP candidate Bakhshish Singh Virk defeated BSP candidate Maratha Virender Verma by over 4 thousand votes.
Out of the 90 Assembly constituencies in Haryana, 17 are reserved for Scheduled Castes as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Assandh Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 23
Total electors: 2,23,463
Female electors: 1,02,824
Male electors: 1,20,639
Third gender electors: 2
Sitting MP, party: Bakhshish Singh Virk, BJP
The winning margin in 2014: 4608
Runner up name, party: Maratha Virender Verma, BSP
Key candidates in Assandh for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Assandh Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and margin of victories
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 2014 | Bakhshish Singh Virk | BJP | 30723 | Maratha Virender Verma | BSP | 26115 | 4608 |
| 2009 | Pt. Zile Ram Chochra | HJCBL | 20266 | Raghbir Singh Virk | IND | 16726 | 3540 |
| 2005 | Raj Rani Poonam | INC | 46109 | Krishan Lal | INLD | 33564 | 12545 |
| 2000 | Krishan Lal | INLD | 44392 | Raj Rani | INC | 21150 | 23242 |
| 1996 | Krishan Lal | SAP | 28333 | Rajinder Singh | HVP | 25840 | 2493 |
| 1991 | Krishan Lal | JP | 25144 | Karam Chand | INC | 17030 | 8114 |
| 1987 | Man Phool Singh | LKD | 39730 | Sarwan Kumar | INC | 15934 | 23796 |
| 1982 | Manphool Singh | LKD | 24880 | Jogi Ram | INC | 11304 | 13576 |
| 1977 | Jogi Ram | JNP | 22537 | Karam Chand | INC | 3953 | 18584 |
Important dates
| Notification to be issued on | September 27 |
| Last date for filing nomination | October 4 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | October 5 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | October 7 |
| Date of polling | October 21 |
| Date of Result | October 24 |
In the 2014 Haryana Assembly elections, held on 15 October 2014, the saffron party won the majority in the Assembly and Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government. The term of the current Haryana Assembly will end on 2 November.
